Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford

Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford (November 1431-26 December 1495) was the uncle of Henry VII of England and a Lancastrian general during the Wars of the Roses.

Biography
Jasper Tudor was the second son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois, and he was the half-brother of King Henry VI of England, who named his half-brother Earl of Pembroke. Jasper became responsible for maintaining the Lancastrian ties in Wales during the Wars of the Roses, and he was defeated at Mortimer's Cross in 1461. However, he took part in the victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, enabling his nephew Henry Tudor to become "King Henry VII of England". Jasper Tudor died in 1495 at the age of 64.